Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3,606, Peter Fleming, Penn. Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn Va
Fleming Peter Nancy
R. 3.606
Born in Va
CONTENTS

6116 V 2859
Nancy Fleming Ohio Peter

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress, of the 4 th July A. D. 1936.
State of Ohio Washington County ss
On this fifth day of October A.D. 1938 personally appeared before me an Associate Judge of the said County of Washington, Nancy Fleming a resident of the Township of Ludlow in the aforesaid County of Washington aged about ninety years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1936: That she is the widow of Peter Fleming who was born in the South Branch of Potomac in the State of Virginia in the year 1752 that she was born in Pennsylvania near Harnsburgh in the year 1747 and is now ninety years of age. That her said husband enlisted at Redstone Settlement in the year 1762  in the year 1762  in the year 1762  in the year 1762 in the Fourteenth Regiment of the Regular Army of the United States, which she believes was commanded by Col. though in this she may be mistaken Gage. She recollects that Col. and Fleming Harrison, Hugh Miller, & Heath were in the neighborhood of Fort Pitt where her husband was stationed between three & four years, to which post he was marched from Brownsville where his company rendezvoused; she is unable to state in what year he enlisted but believes it to be about 4 years before the close of the war. His husband remained in the army till he was discharged; his discharge has been many years lost; she remembers Genl. and Fleming Braddock & Foulke were in the neighborhood; that he was not in any engagement or battle while in the Regular Troops, but was in the militia in Pennsylvania. She thinks on the waters of Ten Mile, when Capt. McCloud was killed by the Indians; While in the

2. Regular army, he was frequently employed as a runner to carry intelligence; at one time he was sent by Col. Broadhead with important intelligence from Fort Pitt to Fort McIntosh. That during the whole time her husband was in the army she resided about seven miles from Brownsville, & was frequently at Fort Pitt to see her husband.
She further declares that she was married to Peter Fleming in the year 1772 near Brownsville by one Isaac Sutton a Maphist clergyman; that her husband the aforesaid Peter Fleming was drowned on the Ohio River in Grandview Township in the County of Washington aforesaid about the year 1800; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
The above statement she knows to be substantially correct, though from great age & debility of mind, she may have run into some trifling errors.
Signed in the presence of Richard Scott
Olney for Fleming Mark
I sum to and subscribed the day and year above written before me an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Washington aforesaid. And I do hereby certify that the said Nancy Fleming is from bodily infirmity unable to attend the Court having been confined to her bed mostly for two or three years, and being blind, was unable to write her name. I do further certify that I am satisfied that the said Peter Fleming was a revolutionary soldier, and that all the statements contained in the above declaration are essentially true. Given under my hand this 21 th day of October A.D. 1837.
John Setton Assoc. Judge.

State Ohio - 2 Washington County ss On This Eighteenth day of October 1887 Personally appeared before me a justice of the peace for said County of Washington John Burris and after being sworn as the Law directs and being a resident of Grandview township in said County Deposeth and saith that he seen Nancy Burris his mother and Peter Fleming Married in Readstone Settlement - and - near Brownsville - by Isaac Sutter a Baptist Clergyman and further that he knowed Peter Flem- ing to be a Soldier in the United States army and to go with the army as a Soldier to Pittsburgh then called Fort Pitt and Nancy Fleming to be there with him and further that he knew Peter Fleming to be gone with that army for more than three years after which time he returned home to the head of Buffalo Creek Where Nancy Fleming then lived and lived with him as husband and wife and bore the name of a good Soldier in the army and that he the sd Fleming generally went when called on to assist in driving back the Indians along the Frontier and do the duties of a soldier about the year 1795 Peter Fleming and Nancy his wife Moved to the Ohio River near to Fishing Creek and had five Children and at Peter Fleming was drowned in Grandview township in Washington County he thought about the year 1800 and further that some time after Nancy Fleming Moved to Ludlow in the state of Ohio and has remained a widow ever since and further that he the witness is Seventy two years old the tenth day of Asst December and further this Depo- -nt saith so.
John his Burris
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day & year above written a justice of the peace for said County of Washington in sd State I certify that the above witness John Burris is a man of truth and veracity and that I believe his statements to be true & knows knowing to Peter Fleming and Nancy Living near Fishing Cr as husband and wife in the year 1798 and remembered that he was drowned in the River one or two years after that and that Nancy Fleming has remained his widow ever since Robert McEwen Justice of the Peace

4) The State of Ohio, I, Thomas W. Coart Clerk of the Court of Washington County ss Common Pleas within and for said County, D hereby certify, that the Hon John Linton was on the fifth day of October instat, and still is an acting Associate Judge of said Court, duly commissioned, and qualified as such; and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. And also, that Robert Stewart is an acting Justice of the Peace and for Grandview Township in said County, duly commissioned and qualified as such; and that the foregoing signature pur- porting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Marietta, this eighteenth day of October, A.D. 1837. Thos W. Coart Clerk Clerk
Ms. A. 1. 6. 1 v. 28 p. 59 Nancy Fleming Ohio Settled

Peter Flemming, Oct. 1832. — Ohio.
36

State of Ohio County of Washington
Be it Known, that on this Second day of December A. D. 185 2 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Sinthia Wingett and Nancy Fleming resident of Matamoras in said County, and made oath according to law that they are the legal heirs of Peter Fleming who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of 1834 That they are directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint SAMUEL M. KNIGHT , of Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of Peter Fleming for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Sinthia Wingett and Nancy Fleming
Sworn to, Subscribed, and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Sinthia Wingett and Nancy Fleming to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.
Samuel Heston Esq.
State of Ohio County of Washington
It is Hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County, that Sinthia Wingett and Nancy Fleming the parties who have sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney are the legal heirs of Peter reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, that Samuel Heston Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this tenth day of December 185 2
Wm C Taylor clerk CCPWC
1. Claimant's name or names in full.—2. Post Office address. 3. "That he is the identical man," or, "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c. 4. Leave this line blank.—5. "He is," "she is," or "they are."—6. Revolutionary soldier's full name.—7. Claimant's signature.—8. Claimant's name.—9. Magistrate's signature. 10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of."—11. Magistrate's name.—12. Clerk's signature.
N. B.—Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.

The State of Ohio } Be it remembered that on this Washington County } tenth day of December A D 1852 before me the undersigned a Notary Public within and for said County and State personally appeared Jesse Fleming a resident of Independence Township, in said County, and made oath as according to law that he is the legal heir of Peter Fleming who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the Pension Act.
That he is greatly interested as a claimant in said Pension and makes this affidavit to be filed with such ad- ditional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said Claim.
Constituting and revoking all Powers of Attorney and Authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute, and appoint Samuel M. H. Wright, of Washington City, my true and lawful attorney to prosecute the claim of Peter Fleming for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension or Pension that may be due, and thereby authorized my said attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certifi- cate I will make payable at Washington City D.C. Agency, to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I person- ally present. hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises. Jesse his Fleming mark
Sworn to subscribed by making his mark and acknowledged before me this day and year above written, and hereby certify that I believe the said Jesse Fleming to be the directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party herein alleged.
In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name and affixed my seal Notarial - at Marietta Ohio. Stephen Newton Notary Public

JRC Ans
May 9, 1906.
Mrs. B. R. McMahan, Charleroi, Pa.
Madam:
I have to acknowledge receipt on the 17th ultimo of your letter without date, in which you ask "as a purely personal favor" that you be furnished with another statement (copy, you call it) from the claim (No. 3,606) of the widow of Peter Fleming , "consisting these objectionable points that 'his widow's application for a pension was refused on account of insufficient proof of marriage and service;' also that 'Henry Jolly filed an affidavit in the claim,'" that you "can present to the Chapter of Daughters in which no question of service will be occasioned;" and in which you also ask, "Could you prove for me by an officer's report under whom Peter Fleming served, say, James Neal or Col. Gibson, that Peter Fleming did serve?" and in which you also ask how you could get proof of his marriage.
The only evidence of marriage on file in this claim is the allegation of the claimant made in 1836, at which time she was ninety years of age, that she was married to Fleming in 1772; the affidavit of John Burns, a son by a former marriage, who was seven years of age when his mother married Fleming; and the affidavit of Henry Jolly (reference to whose testimony you wish excluded), who testifies that Fleming and the claimant lived together as man and wife from some time subsequent to the Revolutionary war to the time of Fleming's death.

The evidence of service is the claimant's allegation and the testimony of her son, John Burris.
A statement of the case omitting reference to matters which you characterize as objectionable would merely be that Nancy Fleming made a claim for pension, No. 3,606, as widow of Peter Fleming, who, she alleged, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and that said claim was not allowed. It may not be improper to express the belief that such a statement would not be acceptable evidence of title to membership in the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Whether it would or not, this Bureau must decline to furnish such statement.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

Mch. 8, 1905 History to Mrs. B.R. McMahan, Charleroi, Pa.
May 9-1906. Mrs. B.R. McMahan info. Bureau declines to furnish statement omitting reference to certain matters which she characterizes as objectionable. See copy C.M.R.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
3606 REJECTED
P. O.
Nancy Fleming
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Nancy Fleming Ohio
Suspended.
See letter 10 th Nov. 1837, to John Cotton let. 24 Jan y 1838 to Mrs. C. Morris
3606
1836.

pm - at Jan 26
Maud Fleming
L. Edwards Esq Present
H. L. Morris A.R.

House of Representatives Jan y 26 th 1838
Dear Sir
I Enclose to you a letter from Doctor Cotton, who wishes me to examine the Rolls of the Army stationed at Fort Bel, for the name of Peter Glensing. Will you have the goodness to have the examination made & inform me of the result.
Very Respectfully
C. Morris
J. L. Edwards Esq r

FREE
Humble Secretary of War Washington City. Dist. Columbia.
1167 Nov 1. 1837 Crown Office Mr. [illegible] Mr. [illegible] [illegible]

Marietta Oct. 26 th 1837,
To the Hon ble the Secretary of War
Sir,
Enclosed are certain documents in relation to the application of Mary Fleming of this County, for the pension to which her late husband Peter Fleming would have been entitled were he living. She is very indigent, & confined mostly to her bed, yet it is not impossible that she may yet live some years, as her vital organs appear sound. At her request I have taken her declaration, & now forward the papers relating to her case to the War Department. The two principal facts, viz. the service of P. Fleming in the Revolutionary, & his marriage to the applicant before his service in the army I hope will appear to be suffi- ciently made out.
In relation to his service, I am informed there is a man named Richard Davis supposed to be alive & residing somewhere in the Western part of Ohio, who was with Fleming in the Army; but they do not know his place of residence & as it is supposed Fleming's name will be found on the Rolls of the Continental Army, further evidence did not appear necessary.
In relation to the marriage, the applicant of Mr. Buss her son by a former husband, it is hoped will be found sat- isfactory; on examining his testimony I see he has not stated the year of the marriage, but that it was before the time of his service in the army.

Robt. H. Everett Esq. who took the deposition of Mr. Bussey, had he was acquainted with the family some years before Fleming's death is a Commissioner of the County; (a man of unimpeachable integrity). I am also well acquainted with Henry Tilly one of the witnesses in this case; as he was several years an Associate Judge of the County, his character is unquestionable. Should the Disputant grant the application, please to enclose the necessary documents to me at Marietta Ohio
Very respectfully John Cattoon

Some time in the month of December in the year 1770, I believe, I first seen Peter Flem- ing, with a detachment of soldiers escorting provi- sions from Fort McIntosh to Fort Lawrence, on at the the  the  the fork of Big Muskingum -gun - he appeared to be doing Military duty in a select company of light Infantry, belonging to the ninth Regiment in the Virginia line, said Regt commanded by Col John Gibson of Pittsburgh, and I do believe that Peter Flem- -ing served as a soldier in the said sixth  Regt on Continental Establishment, for the term of three years.
Soon after the close of the revolutionary war, Peter Fleming, and Nancy his wife, moved into the frontier of Ohio County Virginia, where I became intimately acquainted with with them, and they lived together as man and wife for many years. He at last closed his earthly career by drowning in the Ohio river, she yet remains his Widow
Henry Polly
State of Ohio Washington County ss On this 10th day of Oct AD 1835 before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for said County came Henry Polly and made solemn Oath that the foregoing Statement respecting the services of Peter Fleming in the Revolution is just and true and I hereby certify that the said Henry Polly is a man of veracity and his statement is entitled to credit
Rufus M. Howe
for Peace
The State of Ohio, } I Thomas Mowatt clerk of the Court of Washington County } Common Pleas within and for said } County hereby certify that Rufus M. Howe D D D was

was on the tenth day of October instant, and still is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for Belpre Township in said County, duly Commissioned and qualified, agreeably to law; and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Marietta, this Eighteenth day of October A.D. 1837
Thos M c Cart, Clerk Belpre Twp
10/11/67

WAR WITH SPAIN
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190__
No. _____
Mr. _____
Co. _____ Regiment _____ (State.)
P. O., _____
Co., _____ (State.)
You are hereby directed to report in person to
Dr. _____
(St. and No.), _____
Town, _____
County, _____, State, _____
upon any Wednesday within three months from date hereof, for a medical examination.
Return this slip with the date of the ex- amination noted below by the surgeon mak- ing the same.
Very respectfully,
M. J. Lane _____ Commissioner.
Examination made by me this day of _____, 190__
_____ Examining Surgeon.
Attorney: _____
P. O.: _____

Nov. 10 - 1837
In the papers in the case of Mrs Nancy Fleming widow of Peter Fleming did have been ext & filed with - the suspended cases. The records in this office afford no proof of her husband's alleged service in Col. John Gibson's regt of the Virginia Line. More satisfactory proof of this service should therefore be exhibited, and it should be stated under what Capt. he served. Richard Davis the person mentioned in your letter, resided some years since in Turtle Creek township, Warren Co. Ohio, and was allowed a pension in Jan'y 1834. His pension certificate was sent to Hon. Thomas Cushing who resided at Lebanon. If there is any record or document any proof of her marriage

WAR WITH SPAIN
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190__
No. _____
Mr. _____
Co. _____ Regiment _____ (State.)
P. O., _____
Co., _____, _____ (State.)
You are hereby directed to report in person to
Dr. _____
(St. and No.), _____
Town, _____
County, _____, State, _____
upon any Wednesday within three months from date hereof, for a medical examination.
Return this slip with the date of the ex- amination noted below by the surgeon mak- ing the same.
Very respectfully,
E. J. Ware H. C. Hays Commissioner.
Examination made by me this day of _____, 190__
Examining Surgeon.
Attorney: _____
P. O.: _____

Jany 27, 1838
Sir I herewith return Mr. Galt's letter to you respecting the case of the widow of Peter Fleming dec'd and have to state that the records in this Office afford no proof of his alleged service at Fort Pitt for three years as an enlisted soldier, Col. John Gibson's Regt of the Va. Line and a regt of the Pa. Line besides militiamen were stationed at that place. The rolls of those who belonged to the Pa. and Va. lines have been carefully searched and her husband's name does not appear on said rolls. Richard Davis served in Gibson's Regiment Sta. C Morris H.R.

WAR WITH SPAIN
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190__
No. _____
Mr. _____
Co. _____ Regiment _____ (State.)
P. O., _____
Co., _____ (State.)
You are hereby directed to report in person to
Dr. _____
(St. and No.), _____
Town, _____
County, _____, State, _____
upon any Wednesday within three months from date hereof, for a medical examination.
Return this slip with the date of the ex- amination noted below by the surgeon mak- ing the same.
Very respectfully,
[Signature: H. Clay Smith] Commissioner.
Examination made by me this _____ day of _____, 190__
Examining Surgeon.
Attorney: _____
P. O.: _____

it should be exhibited.
The declaration should be made anew in conformity with the enclosed regulations.
John Baker Esq. Marietta Ohio

W Rej. 3606
Peter Fleming.
his decl. b. near Harrisburg Pa Oct. 5, 1837 res 1747 Ludlow
Mp. Washington Co., Oh ae about 90 yrs.
Peter Fleming b. Va. 1752
Enl at Redstone settlement, Pa
1779 Capt. James Neal Va
Col. Gibson
13' Va.
da at Ft. Pitt 3 or 4 yrs.
Mar. 1772
Redstone settlement near Brownsville - Nancy ——— Burris
da was drowned on Ohio river in Grandview Mp Washington Co. about 1800
Gvbr

1837 John Burris ae 72 son of Nancy Fleming by former marriage
Select Lt. Inf. Co.
Col John Gibson's 9 Va regt. on Contl St
3 yrs
1852 Jesse Fleming Sinthia Wingett & Nancy Fleming Claim to be heirs of soldier.

Old War & Navy Warrants Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:—
One year or so ago I wrote you asking the record in the Revolutionary War of Henry Folly, ancestor on my maternal side, also of Peter Fleming my great, great grandfather ancestor on my paternal side. You did very kindly give me a record of each.
I presented the Henry Folly record to the "Daughters of the American Revolution" & the record was acceptable. I find however I am not a direct descendant but am only related by a family marriage. You see this prevents my becoming a "daughter". Now there is no doubt about

S.S. 6 Wid. Adj. 3,606 Rev. War.
Peter Fleming born 1752 in Virginia - lived in Clark Co. Ohio. Enlisted at Redstone settlement in Pa. about 1779 - under Capt. James Neal. Colonel Gibson - 13 th Va. regt. con- tinental. Va.
P.S. I send this information hoping you may send me a copy of his record at once not wait- ing for a blank.
Respt.
BRMcM.

my connection to Peter Fleming on my father's side, but his record seems not so fair and I hesitate to present the same to "the Daughters".
I now address you asking you to favor me with another copy omitting these objectionable points that "his widow's application for a pension was refused on account of insufficient proof of marriage & service"; also that "Henry Jolly filed an affidavit in the claim".
Give me the information of importance & worth, but as a purely personal favor - I ask a copy that I can present

to the chapter of "Daughters," in which "no question of service will be occasioned."
Could you prove for me by an officers report under John Peter Fleming served say James Neal, or Mr. Gibson that Peter Fleming did serve? I would be pleased to have you.
How can I get record or proof of his marriage?
Hoping to hear favorably from you again,
I am Very Respect Mrs. B. A. McMahan.
Charleroi Pa.
(over)

Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190__
In reply to your communication of a recent date, you are informed that this Bureau is unable to furnish a history of the service of any soldier of the Revolutionary war or of the war of 1812 unless he or his widow was a pensioner or an applicant for pension or bounty land; and that under the rules such a history is furnished only to the soldier's descendants, and to them only when it is desired for historical or genealogical purposes.
The large number of inquiries made on this subject, and the length of time required to make a proper search of the records in each case, will not permit of information being given to any applicant concerning more than two soldiers.
In order that the soldier concerning whom you desire information may be identified, you are requested to furnish as much as possible of the data called for below.
I do hope you can help me establish my lineage to one or both subjects. My father's mother was Melthie Fleming. she married Jesse Ruggles or Joseph? Ruggles of Boston, Mass. They lived for years in Ohio though. Now either my grandmother's father or her Fleming uncle fought in the Revolutionary War.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Full name of soldier, Peter Fleming Where did he enter service? Ohio, Washington Co., Marietta? (Town, county, and State.) Under what officers did he serve? _____ Place of residence after service, Washington Co., Ohio (Town, county, and State.) Approximate date of death, _____ Given name of widow, _____ Did either the soldier or his widow receive a pension? _____ Additional information, _____
Signature, Blanche Ruggles McMahan (Mrs. or Miss to be prefixed if a lady signs.)
Post-office address, including street and number, town, county, and State, Charleroi, Wash. Co., Ohio Penns.
14554b3m.5-1900 Feb. 10-1905.